Recent content by DieselPete

That's amazing. (It's a shots-only video that is under 2 minutes)

Fantastic level of thread drift. Wow.

I would agree with this, in general. Someone on their way to a very high level isn't going to get stuck or plateau at a mid-level for long. 550 is "just passing through" on the way up. The exception is that some players get involved in Fargo quite young and have a huge number of games in the...

I think the questions that have to be answered for the very promising young player are, "If not 'pro' then what? To what end do I practice this craft, to have a good life?" I would point to Anthony Meglino to answer that. Ranked #104 in Fargo but also has a full-time career that I believe pays...

While not as splashy as making a list, I tend to think that a tier system is more of a fair assessment. Let's admit that in a race to 9 or even 13, the guy in 4th on a list can beat the guy in 1st. Put about 5 to 8 guys in Tier One, another 5 to 8 in Tier Two... I like your Tier One list a...

I wanted to read through and see if anyone else mentioned this before I was going to! I was wondering just a few days ago how often the weight is the money, as opposed to ball weight or games on the wire. Does that ever happen for big money? "Sure, I'll race you to 21 with no balls or games...

For bang for the buck... I once bet $2 to win on a horse named Wolfgang Pete at Jackson (MI) Harness Raceway. I think the horse was headed for the glue factory because he went off at about 70-1. I only bet on him because we share a name. (I know, that's some real strong handicapping right...

I don't know whether the pause helps or not, but I do think that the question about whether people who have been doing something for years should change is a different question than how things should be taught from the beginning. While almost all right-handed golfers putt with the right hand...

That is correct. The rate is per person.

BINGO! Yes, any number of players greater than one player has an incentive to tie up multiple tables without paying any additional money under the current pricing structure.

Does the "by the player" pricing mean that there is a sliding scale or a flat rate per person? (Is it $10 for one, $16 for two, $20 for three or something similar or is it X dollars per person, period?)

Where did I say that? No, I don't think that happened. What I am saying is that the group of four chose to all play together, which is to the benefit of the pool hall but from an economic perspective to their own detriment. Now, maybe they wanted to play together and they don't care about the...

Oh, other people can complain, I suppose. My title was intended to say that I have a question and would like to hear from other people but that I am not complaining about it. I don't mind supporting my pool hall at $10 per hour.

My local joint redid the tables and made a few other upgrades recently and slightly raised prices to play, to $10 per hour on the weekends. That makes perfect sense to me and I don't mind paying it. What I don't get, and I'm curious what other pool halls do today, is that they charge that rate...

Anyone remember the Dos Equis finger bridge? It looked like the red double X on the beer logo and you were supposed to grip it and run the cue through it like you would with the rake. This was probably in the late 1980s. I never owned one, but what a joke. And... How to Hustle and Not Get...